Spanish rider has just 23 days until the start of Spanish Grand Tour Paris-Nice stage winner Xavier Tondo plans to ride the Vuelta a España, despite having broken his right collarbone on yesterday’s fourth stage of the Tour of Poland. […]
Momentum growing in doping inquiry With the Tour de France now over and several riders back in the US, the investigation into the Floyd Landis allegations against Lance Armstrong and others has stepped up a gear. Interviews with riders and […]
Former Gerolsteiner manager considered suspending lead GC rider Former Gerolsteiner manager Hans-Michael Holczer has revealed that he went close to suspending his team’s top rider Levi Leipheimer during the 2005 Tour de France, due to suspicions of doping. The German […]
Team must allow rider to resume racing While there have been some suggestions that he is reluctant to do so, Ag2r La Mondiale team manager Vincent Lavenu has said that he has reinstated the Slovenian rider Tadej Valjavec to the […]
Herman claims that Texan Tour winner is being treated unfairly Lawyers representing Lance Armstrong have complained about what they claim are unfair offers of amnesty or reduced penalties to riders who are willing to give evidence in the Floyd Landis […]
Former WADA chairman is suspicious and says clarification is needed Former World Anti Doping Agency chief Dick Pound has called on the UCI to agree to allow the ethics committee of the International Olympic Committee to investigate donations made by […]
Will now be fired from the RadioShack team Chinese Cycling Federation has confirmed that RadioShack rider Fuyu Li’s B-sample also contains the substance Clenbuterol, which now confirms the result of his A-sample earlier this year. Li’s A-sample came back positive […]
Will now be sanctioned by CONI Davide Rebellin’s appeal against the decision of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strip away his silver medal from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing has been rejected by the […]
Slovenian claiming of poorly conducted tests and illness On the same day that Franco Pellizotti was deemed guilty by the Italian Olympic Committee CONI, the UCI’s biological passport system faced a challenge after the Slovenia national anti-doping agency cleared Tajej […]
Spain could be without a ProTour team in 2011 Due to a lack of a second big sponsor for next season, the current Caisse d’Epargne team management is reported as being very worried by the possible loss of its ProTour […]
Liquigas-Doimo rider’s fate finally looks sealed after sitting in limbo since May The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has called for a two-year ban to be imposed against Liquigas-Doimo rider Franco Pellizotti. The 32-year-old from Udine has been provisionally suspended since […]
Former Tour winner lists ways to fight doping Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has outlined several methods by which he believes cycling can restore its credibility, listing a number of ways he feels that the sport can prove […]
Maillot Vert exercises right to silence Tour de France Green Jersey winner Alessandro Petacchi was interviewed this morning by Italian drug police, but refused to talk to them about allegations of blood doping. According to his lawyer Virginio Angelini, the […]
Spanish rider latest to be sanctioned Over a year after he was first named by the UCI as having a suspect biological passport profile, Ruben Lobato has been handed a two year ban by the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC). The […]
Former USPS team-mate and others detail accusations of doping, Landis apologises to public The latest big development in the US Postal Service team inquiry occurred last night when Floyd Landis, who sparked off the investigation earlier this year, appeared on […]
Eligible to return to the sport in late August Embattled cyclist Stefan Schumacher has said that he wishes to come back to the sport from his doping suspension as a “transparent athlete”, in an attempt to erase any doubts that […]
Former US Postal Service rider appears likely to provide details Former US Postal Service rider Tyler Hamilton appears increasingly likely to give evidence to those investigating claims made by Floyd Landis that doping was widely used on the team. Chris […]
Climbs also slower this year Francaise des Jeux doctor Gérard Guillaume has hailed the six stage wins taken by French riders during this year’s Tour, saying that the improvement in performance is down to a cleaner peloton. Since the Tour […]
